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In I Corinthians, Paul talks of the ‘spirituals in a similar way as elsewhere he writes concerning spiritual gifts. God gives His People insights, abilities, tokens, signs of Kingdom-coming that are made Kingdom-present as by faith we receive and put into practice these gifts. They are in a sense other-worldly but they are to be lived out in this world. They are ways of ‘borrowing from tomorrow,’ as John Wimber used to put it. Lord, give us from tomorrow’s supply, the bread and sustenance we need (in every way), today. From eternal resources, from Kingdom resources, give us what we need in the here and now for the living of our days.

Life in the Spirit leads us to Worship in the Spirit, and vice versa. So it’s more that planning and preparation, practice, processes, programs, procedures and performances. It’s the conducting of the flow of the Spirit, as if Water was flowing through us wee bits of pipe, to assuage the thirst of spiritually dry and shriveled lives.